| 词汇 | rein |
| 释义 | rein noun[ Cusually plural ] uk /reɪn/ us /reɪn/ a long, thin piece of material, especially leather, that helps you to control and direct a horse: （尤指皮质的）缰绳 You pull on both reins to stop or slow a horse, but only the left rein to turn left.拉两边的缰绳来让马停住或放慢速度，但是要想左转时，只需拉左边的缰绳。 UK a strap that is put around a small child's body or wrist and held at the other end by an adult so that the adult can stop the child running away: （领幼儿走路时防止其走失的）安全绳套，保护带 I always put my son on reins when we go shopping.我们带儿子去购物时，总是用安全带牵着他。 Horse riding barrel racing blinder break someone in bridle bridle path capriole chukka chukker curry girth high-spirited horseman horsewoman mounted pony trekking riderless saddler showjumper tack whip You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cords, ropes, cables & string Children & babies Idiomsfree rein keep a tight rein on someone/something take over/up the reins rein | American Dictionaryrein noun[ Cusually pl ] us/reɪn/ a long thin piece of material, esp. leather, used to control a horse rein | Business Englishrein noun uk /reɪn/us the reins[ plural ] power and control of a business or other activity: These are the councillors who hold the reins of power. He handed the reins to his successor. I am retiring, and someone else can take over the reins. free rein the freedom to do what you want to do: have free reinWe were told we had free rein on questions of design. give sb/sth free rein (to do sth)She was given free rein to make all the changes she wanted. give/allow sth full rein (alsogive/allow full rein to sth) to allow something to happen freely and completely: This is a post which will give your talents full rein. It's a task that requires you to allow full rein to your imagination. keep a tight rein on sth to control something very carefully: We need to keep a tight rein on the advertising budget. Examples of reinrein The pre-election boom had to be reined back in i960, and a period of economic 'stop-go' policies ensued. Once continuations become denotable, expressible elements of our language, the genie is out of the bottle, and even powerful analyses will have a difficult time reining it back in. He is now suffering from an incurable disease and has had to hand over the reins of office. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the memories of the last, partly mismanaged, tightly reined exchange rate mechanism have faded, we shall look again for such a system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have succeeded in curbing and reining back unnecessary expenditure to a degree never undertaken by our predecessors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every party in turn draws tighter the reins of its party discipline, and by doing so it gets a differential advantage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a great deal about reins, but very little about spurs in his mentality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To whom did we want to hand the reins of influence in that decision? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that it is optimistic if the people are given the reins of more power to exercise their undoubted abilities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said then that public expenditure could be reined back at short notice and that there would be no difficulty about that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They go on to say that the reins of control were to be held lightly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Having given the rider the reins, we are not absolved from responsibility for the horse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can she not go a little easier and relax the reins? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With respect to my noble friend he is getting the reins between his teeth a little. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now it is for 1969–70 that the reining back is promised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of rein These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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